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  1. The federal bill and Medicaid: What happens now?

    The new federal law that passed makes a lot of big changes to health care coverage, especially Medicaid (known as HUSKY in Connecticut).  Based on what we know so far, here are the major Medicaid-related provisions, listed in order of when they take effect.

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  2. Concerns that Medicaid work requirements will strip people of health coverage, and more in this week’s roundup

    Food programs in Connecticut could be at risk, worries that some covered by Medicaid will be too sick to work and keep coverage, formerly incarcerated people face barriers to health care, new blood test could help predict preeclampsia sooner, and how a SCOTUS decisions threatens the existence of Planned Parenthood.

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  3. Proposed Medicaid cuts could lead to preventable deaths, and more in this week’s roundup

    New study shows proposed Medicaid cuts could lead to preventable deaths, federal cuts could lead to financial hardships for rural hospitals, deportations hurting long term health care workforce, CDC cuts affect women with chronic diseases, how Black fathers of children with autism are coming together to support each other.

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  4. The health impacts of unreliable internet, and more in this week’s roundup

    How potential Medicaid cuts could affect Connecticut residents, how a lack of internet access impacts some Americans’ health, lessons learned five years after Connecticut’s first case of COVID-19, more Black teens experiencing mental health crises, how food insecurity can impact cardiovascular health.

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  5. Health care workers race to learn about immigration rights, and more in this week’s roundup

    CT among states that sat on opioid settlement funds, efforts to address nursing shortage in CT, rural patients drive long distances for surgery, health care workers race to learn about immigration law in response to ICE raids, and undocumented immigrants describe the impacts of not having health coverage.

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  6. Meeting people where they are to offer health coverage, and more in this week’s roundup

    An innovative way of trying to connect people to health care, renewed hope for Black patients on kidney transplant list, outreach workers help bring overdose deaths down, telehealth visits hope to bridge gap in health care, and racial gaps in maternal mortality widened.

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  7. Why adults in CT skip doctor’s visits, and more in this week’s roundup

    Why adults in CT skip medical care, results of Medicaid study in CT, health protections for migrant children ending, Latinos in U.S. do not have adequate health coverage, and why Black women are being encouraged to speak up during child birth.

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  8. Formerly incarcerated women in CT to receive help accessing health care, and more in this week’s roundup

    New partnership aims to connect women leaving CT prison to health care, a third woman dies under Texas abortion ban, premature deaths remain at all-time high, gaps in mental health coverage in CT, and racial disparities in hearing aid use.

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  9. New research finds puzzling disparities in heart health, and more in this week’s roundup

    Stories about disparities in heart health and breast cancer, the leading cause of maternal death, the impact of a Trump presidency on health care in Connecticut, and the potential for millions of Americans to lose health care coverage if federal lawmakers don’t act.

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  10. U.S. has made little progress toward ending racial health disparities, and more in this week’s roundup

    Why Black Americans still suffer worse health outcomes, DACA recipients in CT can soon purchase health coverage, Medicaid unwinding can put people with opioid addiction in risky situations, infant mortality getting worse in the U.S. and a researcher looking into race in clinical algorithms.

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